Dish-washer.



(L'L. BEACH. DISH WASHER. APPLICATION nun Nov 2a, 1911.

fizz/22102 29-3 511352; 4 a I Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

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CHARLES L. BEACH, 0F ANN ARI MICHIGAN.

DISH-WA SHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 29', 1911. Serial No. 663,027.

To all it may cone s ant l v Ben-known that CHARLES'L'BEACH, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Ann .Arbor, in the county of Washtenaw and State of,Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in Dish- Washers, of which the followingisla specification.

My invention relates to improvements in dish washers, and more particularly to that class or type which are particularly de-' signed and adapted for domestic use.

The primary object of my inventionis to provide a generally improved dish washer of exceedingly simple, cheap, and efiicient construction, better adapted to. its intended purposes than any other device of the same class with which I am acquainted.

A further object of the invention is to improve the construction of the tank and basket and provide means whereby these parts will cohperate with each other to more effectively bring about the objects of the invent-ion.

A still further objectis to provide aportable washer of this class which may be readily operated by hand, and provide an improved support for the washer tank whereby the water in the latter may be readily heated from the burner of a gas range or from a specially provided burner attached to the supporting "stand immediately below the bottom of the wash tank.

With the above mentioned and other objects in view, the invent-ion consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in one of its embodiments in the z'ccompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1, is a perspecglass tumblers and the like.

rectangular tank or casing 1, provided with a curved bottom 1 forming a rocker surface adapted to be supported on a suitable sup port, whereby the improved tank may be readily. rocked in the washing operation, as hereinafter described.

As a convenient means for supporting the lmproved'rocker tank 1, above the burner of-a gas stove or other heating medium, said support, in the present instance, comprises an open supporting stand consisting of angle iron rocker guide members 2, adapted to receive and support the marginal sides of Patented Au 6, rate;-

the curvedbottoin 1, said guide members,

being supported at their ends by means of legs 3, the latter being connected by means of connecting brace bars 4. As a means for rocking the rocker tank 1, as well as a convenient means, for handling the latter, the

endwalls are provided with handle members 5. The improved basket 6, is remove ably mounted within .the rocker tank. or

casing 1, and comprises suitable wire fabric provided about the upper marginal edges drawings.

As a means for directing the water or cleansing liquid inwardly upon the dishes in the basket during the rocking or washing operation, as well as provi'tling'means for spacing and holding the. basket in proper position relative to the ends of the rocker tank, basket spacing bafile plates 9, are mounted within the opposite lateral or end walls of the washer casing, the flanged portions' of said 'baffie plates extending upwardly and inwardly from said lateral or end walls and toward the interior portions of the basket, whereby the dishes or articles to be cleansed in the latter will alternately receive the deflected streams or-currents of the cleansing liquid as the rocker tank isrocked in an obvious manner. .The dishes or plates to be cleansed are placed in the basket 6, with the bottom sides up and arranged in layers after which the basket may be readily placed in the rocker tank 1, and cleansed by the rocking of the tank through the medium of the handles 5.

As a convenient means for washing glass tumblers 10, or the like, upwardly dished or arched article supporting plates 11, are provided, the sides of said plates preferably comprising wire fabric or nett-in 11*, asv

' shown most clearl in Fi 3, of tedrawings, said plates eing a apted to receive and support layers of tumblers 10, arranged as shown in Fig: 2, of the drawings, the in clined sides 11, extendin toward the opposite sides of the basket adjacent to the balileplates 9, 'sothatthe deflected liquid'deflected during therocking operation will be directed into and through the open endsjof the tumblers 10, therebyreadilyfcleansing the l latter inan obvious manner.

While the-present embodiment of-my in-.

vent-ion is p'articularlydesi ed andadapted ior domestic use,it is ObVlOllS the ca acit-y of the improved washer may be read y in creased as desired without.departing from any offthe principles or sacrificing any of .the advantages of this invention.

From the foregoing description taken 2o connection with the accompanying drawings, the op'eratiodand advantages of my s invention will be readily understood. I

Havin thus described one of the embodi ments 0 my invention, what If claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent isf- In a dish washer, arocker tank providedi with baffle plates within its ends, a basket Witnesses: 7

WM. A. CLARK, Y 

